Santana Stowaway, Assembly And Disassembly

SANTANA STOWAWAY TANDEM

WITH AIRLINER SAFECASE™ AND  FTS™ FOAM TRAY SYSTEM

ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY

Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of the world’s most travel-ready, performance tandem. The follow-

ing is a description of assembling and disassembling your Santana Stowaway tandem with S&S Machine cou-

plers and Santana oval couplers, including unpacking and packing it into the Santana Airliner SafeCase™.

NECESSARY TOOLS

8mm long allen wrench

3, 4, 5, 6mm allen wrenches

Bottom bracket pin spanner

S&S coupler wrench

ASSEMBLY

FRAME

  1.  Place the Airliner SafeCase™ flat on the ground with the handles facing you. The lid is the side with the 

latches. Protect the surface of the case from scratches by placing it on a non-abrasive surface.

  2.  Insert the rear seat/seatpost assembly into the rear triangle, leaving enough room to clamp the rear 

seatpost into a bike stand. 

Never clamp your tandem into a bike stand by the frame tubes, or serious dam-

age will occur. 

If a bike stand is not available, the FTS™ Foam Tray System layers, with the parts removed, 

can be used as protection from the ground.

  3.  Apply the Teflon

®

 grease to the outer coupler threads about every third use, once a year, or as needed.

  4.  Loosely install the oval bottom tube (with the hydraulic cable guides on the brake side) to the rear triangle 

or loosely install, with the teeth engaged, the double round bottom tubes (with the hydraulic cable guides on 

the one tube on the brake side facing down) to the rear triangle.

  5.  Loosely install the lateral tube with the teeth engaged, with the water bottle holes on top and toward the 

back, to the rear triangle.

  6.  Loosely install the top tube with the teeth engaged, with the cable guide on the left side and in line with 

the others, to the rear triangle.

  7.  Loosely install the front triangle with the teeth engaged. (Be sure to have placed the hydraulic cable and 

caliper between the double bottom tubes.)

  8.  Depending on the size and configuration of your tandem, you may need to install the fork. Make sure the 

bearing cages face each other

.

  9.  If your tandem has a locking collar that holds the fork to the frame, fasten the handlebar stem to the fork 

steer tube and tighten the handlebar. Install the top cap. 

Do not overtighten the top cap. 

It adjusts headset 

tolerance. It does not fasten the fork to the frame.

    If your tandem does not have a locking collar, remove the handlebar stem packing spacer from the fork 

steer tube and replace it with the handlebar stem. Do not tighten. Keep any headset spacers below the 

handlebar stem. Be sure the rubber seal on the top bearing cup is not protruding as the headset adjustment 

top cap is tightened. 

Do not overtighten the top cap. 

It adjusts headset tolerance. It does not fasten the fork 

to the frame. Tighten the handlebar stem to the steer tube and to the handlebar.

 10.  Install the front wheel with the quick-release lever on the timing (left) side.